This tea has a really beautiful dark amber liquor. The smell is very intriguing, but I can’t quite identify it. There is definitely some ripe pu-erh smell of old furniture and it’s also a little fishy, but not overpoweringly so.
The taste is where this tea won me over though, it has a great balance and depth. There is salty and savoury taste of vegetable broth with some umami, molasses sweetness, bitterness not unlike medium roast coffee and some sour notes too. On top of that, there is noticeable spiciness, which reminds me of aromatic arabic dishes, in particular those with star anise. In later steeps, slight astringency develops as well. All in all, given it’s price, I would highly recommend this tea for anyone (like me) new to the world of pu-erh tea.
24/02/18
I just noticed there that the aftertaste has some brazil nuts hints to it. Those are my favourite nuts :)
Flavors: Anise, Campfire, Camphor, Coffee, Fish Broth, Meat, Mineral, Molasses, Salty, Sour, Spicy
